Hughes Communications, the main backer of the US satellite TV system, DirecTV, is said to have made preliminary approaches to Eutelsat and SES (which runs the Astra system). Both organisations are about to launch new satellites, but both are apparently fully occupied.
It has been reported that Hughes is interested in launching satellite services to countries such as Italy, Spain and eastern Europe which are not well served currently.
Both SES (July 1995) and Eutelsat (1996) have plans to launch digital satellites next.
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